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Collection of articles, updates and resources shared by the You're Welcome team.
Gloucestershire / Performing Arts - Theatre and Concerts
Audio Description Brought the Stage to Life
If spending an afternoon in front row seats at the theatre is your kind of heaven, imagine how excited I…
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Gloucester / Attractions and Days Out - Children's Activities - Gardens and Nature - Parks and Green Spaces - Wellbeing
FestivALL 2021 - Reconnecting with Nature
This year’s FestivALL saw attendees flocking to Gloucester’s Robinswood Hill as well as taking part in online workshops in…
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Gloucestershire / Children's Activities - Gardens and Nature - Parks and Green Spaces
Walk Where You May – The You’re Welcome Way!
With the weather finally brightening up, the lifting of social distancing restrictions, blossoms blooming and fledglings learning to fly,…
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Gloucestershire / Food and Drink - Performing Arts - Sports and Leisure
Global Accessibility Awareness Day
Welcome to the tenth Global Accessibility Awareness Day which, this year, has the theme of online accessibility. It is…
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Gloucestershire / Children's Activities - Performing Arts
Celebrating Inclusive Dance in Gloucestershire
It’s International Dance Day! We have some great inclusive dance clubs around Gloucestershire, so we thought we’d celebrate by telling…
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Gloucestershire
April Roundup
We want to welcome all the organisations who have joined our inclusive community in the last couple of months! They…
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Gloucestershire
February roundup
We know it’s been a quiet couple of months, but we’ve had a few new organisations sign up to You’re…
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Gloucestershire / Festivals and Seasonal
An inclusive Christmas
I love Christmas. The smell of the Christmas tree, wood fires, mince pies, and the dinner cooking ... the spicy…
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Gloucestershire
End of Year Roundup
A big welcome to all the new organisations who have joined us in the last couple of months and listed…
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Gloucestershire / Wellbeing
Buying Gifts the You're Welcome Way
Although it's nice to give our loved ones gifts, it's far from easy. People I know well are usually the…
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Gloucestershire
International Day for People with Disabilities
Today is International Day of People with Disabilities, a UN sanctioned day which is celebrated every year on 3rd December.…
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Gloucestershire / LGBTQIA+ - Wellbeing
Lives of Colour
On these dark, autumnal days, it feels good to find a charity called Lives of Colour. When I spoke…
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Gloucestershire / Markets and Shopping
The Lowdown on Local Sellers
You’d better not shout, you’d better not cry,You’d better not pout; I’m telling you why:Santa Claus is going online!He’s in…
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Gloucestershire
October Roundup
We have a few new organisations to tell you about this month - check out their You're Welcome profiles…
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Gloucestershire / Literature and Writing - Social Interest Groups
Welcome to Braille
Braille is often regarded as a novelty: something people are curious about and rarely experience. I have…
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Gloucester / Attractions and Days Out - Children's Activities - Festivals and Seasonal - Gardens and Nature - Parks and Green Spaces - Play Areas
A Treasure Hunt for Poetry
Last weekend saw me and MaryClare from Gloucestershire Wheels for All cycle a treasure hunt around a…
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Gloucestershire / Wellbeing
“It’s about what I can do with the privilege I have.”
When Accessible Yoga with Sarah found out about You’re Welcome, they leapt at the chance to sign up. They’ve…
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Gloucestershire
September Roundup - Lots of New Inclusive Activities!
What a busy month September has been! We’ve had lots of new organisations signing up and listing their inclusive activities.…
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Gloucester
Kingfisher Treasure Seekers
In these uncertain times, the idea of stumbling across an organisation that helps people become the best version of…
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Cheltenham
Cheltenham Speakers – Helping People Find their Voice
Cheltenham Speakers is a branch of Toastmasters International, an organisation that helps people develop their public speaking and leadership…
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Gloucester / Sports and Leisure
Para Athletics showcase
“If there’s no song and dance made, people are accepted.” Meet Bob Purcell, the athletics coach who keeps everyone…
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Gloucestershire
August roundup - who's joined us this month?
We’ve had more organisations joining us and adding events and things to do this month. Check out the profiles of…
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Gloucestershire / Parks and Green Spaces
Pets and Wellbeing Support for All
Alison Samways is familiar to many Cheltenham residents, if only by name. She has helped to organise all sorts…
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Gloucestershire
FestivALL 2020: the Lowdown
FestivALL 2020 has been about celebrating the power of our communities and how warm and welcoming Gloucestershire can…
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Gloucestershire
Showcasing Allsorts
Today we are focusing on Allsorts Gloucestershire, a friendly charity that provides activities for children and young people with…
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Gloucestershire
Jobsworth
Welcome to the first in our series of blogs, showcasing some of the organisations who have signed up with us.…
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Gloucestershire
National Learning Disabilities Week: Tips from Parents
Welcome to our top tips blog for Learning Disabilities Week. This annual campaign is run by the UK charity…
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Gloucestershire / Social Interest Groups - Sports and Leisure - Wellbeing
How cycling helped me deal with ill health
Hi, I’m Debbie and I am 52 years old. I am medically retired and spent my life working as…
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Cheltenham / Social Interest Groups - Sports and Leisure - Wellbeing
Tandemonium - A dream come True!
“It would be a dream come true for me to ride on the back of a tandem regularly again.”In this…
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Gloucestershire / Parks and Green Spaces - Sports and Leisure - Wellbeing
Life is just Better with a Bike
Cycling has become a huge part of my life over the past year, but my passion for being on a…
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